Transitional Societies

The mission of the Transitional Societies Working Group is to identify, analyze, and engage societies and communities that could fall into crisis or progress based upon the insertion of financial, social, human, and intellectual capital. In general, these states are the most vulnerable to drops in health status, social crisis, conflict, and war. The insertion of military power into these states can sometimes maintain a security window. However, soft power approaches that focus on attaining health, resilience, and sustainability are the only mechanisms capable of moving these societies back from the brink of social crisis in any lasting way.